Kites

Foreign, Romance/Action
2.5 stars
Had great potential, but disappointed. A handsome Las Vegas local and a beautiful, but illegal, Mexican immigrant get mixed up with a powerful mafia-type Indian family in Las Vegas and go on the run. Spoken in a mix of Spanish, Hindi and English with subtitles, at first I thought this was a Mexican film, but it’s actually an Indian-made film that takes place in the US and Mexico. There’s a mix of romance, action, adventure, double-cross, mafia-type violence and parts of it felt like a music video(!). The lovers on the run felt like a rip-off of Thelma & Louise’s road trip. I still could have forgiven these gaffes, except some scenes were terribly over-dramatic – especially the ending. On the bright side, the lovers were very easy on the eyes (Barbara Mori and Hrithik Roshan). Unless you’re the type of person who enjoys a strange mix of Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Thelma & Louise and Goodfellas, I can’t recommend this film.